Patients & Caregivers Services

Board

Meet Our Board Members

Larry Ruvo, LHD

Co-Founder and Chairman

Larry Ruvo, LHD has been a part of the wine and spirits distribution business in Las Vegas since 1970. He is well-known in the Las Vegas community for his business leadership and for his charitable giving to local, state and national organizations, with a philanthropic focus on education and children.

Among Mr. Ruvo's many civic accomplishments, he established UNLVino, one of the largest annual wine tasting events in the country. Now, almost 40 years later, Mr. Ruvo continues to sponsor the event, which has raised millions of dollars to fund scholarships for the University of Nevada William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration.

Mr. Ruvo has received numerous awards, including the UNLV President's Medal, the Governor's Philanthropist of the Year Award, Man of the Year awards from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the Food & Beverage Directors Associations, and the Community Leadership Award from the Points of Light Foundation. He has also been honored by the United States Congress on several occasions. Most recently, Mr. Ruvo was bestowed an Honorary Degree from Touro University Nevada (TUN) for Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters during TUN's 2017 Spring Commencement.

Mr. Ruvo is the founder of Keep Memory Alive and has served on other boards, including the Las Vegas Alzheimer's Association, the Nevada Tourism Alliance and the Council for a Better Nevada. He is also a founding member of the Nevada Chapter Young Presidents' Organization, a Trustee for the UNLV Foundation, and a former member of the World Presidents' Organization and Bailli of the Chaine des Rotisseurs in Las Vegas.